Climate averages 1991–2020
Deir ez-Zor weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Deir ez-Zor: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Raqqah (123 km away). In May its highs average 31.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Deir ez-Zor, with 9.7 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Deir ez-Zor ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; Deir ez-Zor is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 37.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Deir ez-Zor climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 25 | 5.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 23 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 21 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 26.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 32.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.2 | 1.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 37.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 40.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 40.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 35.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 9.8 | 1.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 24 | 5.0 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Ar Raqqah in MaySyria · 123 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Al Qā’im in MayIraq · 130 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in MaySyria · 141 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Al-Tabqa in MaySyria · 154 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in MayTurkey · 210 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MayTurkey · 213 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in MaySyria · 214 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Mardin in MayTurkey · 226 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 31 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Deir ez-Zor) is explained once on the Deir ez-Zor year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.